A real 'Boy Racer' Project...

There were a number of 'go-faster' goodies available for sports cars in the 1930's just as there are today for the 'Fast & Furious' generation driving slammed Japocars.

These included Brooklands Aeroscreens; Blumels spring steering wheels; leather bonnet straps; twin spare wheels; headlamp stone guards; Bonora 'racing filler caps'; alloy valve covers; finned alloy sumps and, of course, finned alloy brakes drums.

Today, many of these bits and pieces are still available from a number of sources, such as Paul Beck, Gregory's Autoparts and Holdens and many are suitable for the '30's Singer sports cars...with one expection: The alloy brake drums.

I thought it was high time we corrected that situation as I wanted a set for my '33 Sports 4 seater. Now, thanks to the pattern making skills of Len Pearcey, we are casting a set featuring a keyed cast iron liner with a finned alloy shell. They'll look very much like the one in this photo, which were made up for a Singer 4AD Roadster fitted with wire wheels...very tasty!

Additional sets can be made up and the flange design means we can produce them for any type of Singer Nine produced between late 1932 to late 1935. Either straight frame or over-slung double-drop frame type cars. Either with back plates that wrap around the edge of the drum or the type where the drum wraps over the edge of the backplate. "Bantam based" underslung frame sports cars have a different size drum and we may look into that at a later date.

Prices are aimed at @$1,700.00USD/set of 4, which is a bargain for such a bespoke item.

Photo courtesy Paul Bouchard

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